Daniel Ricciardo has celebrated on the Melbourne podium once in the five times he has competed in the Australian Grand Prix, but he was disqualified and officially he has yet to finish in the top three at his home race.
This year Ricciardo is keen to change that statistic, “I’d love to be on the podium, that’s certainly my aim. But I’m not going to go there with too many hopes or dreams in my head. I will just go there prepared and do what I can.”
Many believe that Red Bull did not ”unleash the beast’ during Barcelona qualifying, while there is expectation that some trick bits, masterminded by the team’s design guru Adrian Newey, are heading to Australia in the team’s cargo.
Ricciardo himself hinted at a solid package ahead of the new Formula 1 season, “I think if I look at the last few pre-seasons, performance-wise, I think we’re the best we’ve been in the past few.”
The big smiling Aussie had a busy off-season, preparing relentlessly for the more challenging 2017 cars, and revealed, “The aim is to be better prepared than everyone, and I believe that I am.”
“But it’s certainly one that if a driver doesn’t quite take some of those real physical ones seriously, if they’re out enjoying their weekends more than they should, then I definitely feel it will show this year,” added Ricciardo whose best finish on home soil was at last years race at Albert Park where he finished fourth.
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